STORY: A shark mauled a woman swimmer at Coogee Beach, Sydney, on Saturday (June 13), leaving her seriously injured — the latest in a series of attacks off the Australian coast.

Swimmers who train regularly at Coogee Beach said Saturday's shark attack left them "in shock". Michelle Donoghoe, a Coogee local, said the victim had been bitten in a spot they used routinely.

Emergency services were called to the beach, in east of Sydney, after the 35-year-old was bitten by a large shark about 30 metres (100 feet) from the shore. Coogee Beach and neighbouring beaches in the Randwick council area were closed for 24 hours.

A week earlier, a man died after being attacked by a shark while fishing off the coast of Western Australia state, in the latest fatal incident.

Last month, a 39-year-old man died after being attacked while fishing on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Ten days earlier, a 38-year-old was fatally mauled off an island near Perth in Western Australia.

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SHOWS: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (JUNE 13, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF SIGNS READING (English): “BEACH CLOSED”

2. VARIOUS OF NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE BOAT IN WATER

3. RESPONSE TEAM HELICOPTER PATROLLING BEACH

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COOGEE LOCAL, NICOLA LOGAN, SAYING:

“Yes, so we were just up, there were a group of us having coffee, just sitting up on the grass and we heard the shark alarm go off and then we looked out and thought it was, initially as you do, like a false alarm and then we saw just a massive pool of blood and a lady kind of motioning to swim, lots of splashing and then a ski paddler was out trying to bring her in. And then other rescue craft went into the water after that.”

5. VARIOUS OF RESPONSE TEAM ON JET SKIS PATROLLING BEACH

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COOGEE LOCALS, MICHELLE DONOGHOE AND NICOLA LOGAN, SAYING:

DONOGHOE: "Completely shaken because we're in the water here all the time. We train here, we swim out in that very spot pretty regularly. So yeah, just in shock."

LOGAN: "Yeah, you just don't expect it to happen. You know, there are no risk factors. It was a spectacular day, clear, calm, just in shock.”

7. PEOPLE SITTING ON BEACH NEAR "BEACH CLOSED" SIGN

8. PEOPLE SITTING ON STEPS NEXT TO BEACH

9. "BEACH CLOSED" SIGN ON BEACH

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES AMBULANCE INSPECTOR, MIKE CORLIS, SAYING:

“Just before 11 o'clock this morning we received reports that a female had been attacked by a shark at Coogee Beach. We deployed multiple resources including our toll rescue helicopter, two medical teams by road, intensive care paramedics and road normal paramedics.”

11. VARIOUS OF POLICE AT BEACH

12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW SOUTH WALES AMBULANCE INSPECTOR, MIKE CORLIS, SAYING:

“When we arrived we found a 35-year-old had been what would appear to be attacked by a large shark. She has quite massive wounds to her left lower leg and her arms. She's been stabilized by the medical teams and paramedics on scene and she's been given blood products whilst here. She's been transported by road to St Vincent's Hospital in a serious to critical condition.”

13. FAMILY LOOKING AT BEACH CLOSED SIGN

14. LIFEGUARDS PATROLLING BEACH

15. WAVES CRASHING AGAINST ROCKS

16. PERSON ON JET SKI PATROLLING BEACH